Self-Sanitation the Best Way to Prevent Covid-19 Spread, Premier Hun Sen advises
Self-Sanitation the Best Way to Prevent Covid-19 Spread, Premier Hun Sen advises
Permanent sanitation is the best way to protect ourselves from not only Covid-19, but also all types of disease.
The comment was reiterated by Samdech Hun Sen, the Prime Minister while presiding over the celebration of the 109th Women’s International Day held here at Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Centre this morning.
“Fear is not a good choice, the courageous choice is self-protection, self-sanitation,” underlined the Premier.
The Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) said that preventing COVID-19 spread in communities can be attained by practicing basic preventive measures such as practicing everyday preventive behaviors such as staying home when sick, covering coughs and sneezes, frequently washing hands with soap and water and cleaning frequently touched surfaces.
“Currently a vaccine or drug is not available for COVID-19. Community-based interventions such as school dismissals, event cancellations, social distancing, and creating employee plans to work remotely can help slow the spread of COVID-19. Individuals can practice everyday prevention measures like frequent hand washing, staying home when sick, and covering coughs and sneezes,” the CDC says.
Dr. Ly Sovann, Director of Communicable Disease Control Department at the Ministry of Health and the ministry’s Spokesperson, told AKP that as of Friday morning, no new case of Covid-19 was found in Cambodia, after a 60-year-old Chinese man, tested positive in late January, has fully recovered and returned to his home country.
Regarding the four people, put under quarantine after having close contacts with a Japanese national who has been reportedly tested positive for Covid-19 after departed from Siem Reap province to Japan’s Nagoya, with transit in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, are in good health and have no symptoms of concern.
The other 40 people, who had indirect contacts with the Japanese man, have been trailed for medical checkups.
“They have to stay away from others for 14 days. If there is any suspected sign or symptom, their specimens will be tested immediately by the Pasteur Institute Cambodia,” Dr. Ly Sovann said
